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  1. Hitler Part 25: The Bunker and the End

    At the very end, Hitler conducts a macabre ritual of marriage, murder and suicide...

  2. Hitler Part 24: Operation Valkyrie, Blowing up the Führer

    A group of generals attempts an audacious military coup.

  3. Hitler Part 23: Mussolini’s Prison Break

    In Italy, Il Duce is overthrown. Hitler stages a mission to rescue his fascist partner.

  4. Hitler Part 22: The Battle of Stalingrad

    The Nazi war machine is blown apart in one of the pivotal battles of World War 2.

  5. Hitler Part 21: The Final Solution

    It's 1942. WW2 is well underway but the Führer is not as untouchable as he used to be.

  6. Hitler Part 20: Attack on Russia, War with America

    After bailing out Mussolini in the Balkans, German troops march into the Soviet Union.

  7. Hitler Part 19: Third Reich, Hitler vs Churchill

    Newly installed in Downing Street, Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives with a bang.

  8. Hitler Part 18: Third Reich, A Brush with Death...

    As World War Two begins, a lone clockmaker decides to bump off Hitler once and for all…

  9. Hitler Part 17: Third Reich, Hitler’s Birthday, Poland’s Doom

    As Hitler turns 50, the finishing touches are put to a shock pact with Stalin.

  10. Hitler Part 16: Rise to Power, The Gathering Storm...

    Hitler expands the Third Reich, while the Nazis stir up an orgy of anti-Jewish violence.

  11. Hitler Part 15: Rise to Power, Unassailable Führer

    In mid-1930, under Hitler's command, Germany's armed forces expand at an alarming rate

  12. Hitler Part 14: Rise to Power, Night of the Long Knives

    To ward off the Western Allies, Hitler takes a trip to Venice to visit Mussolini.

  13. Hitler Part 13: Rise to Power, The Reichstag Fire

    Installed as Chancellor, Hitler briefs his army chiefs to prepare for war.

  14. Hitler Part 12: Rise to Power, Adolf Hitler Seizes Power

    As Hitler-mania sweeps the land, the Nazis win an election landslide.

  15. Hitler Part 11: Rise to Power, Hitler’s Secret Family

    Hitler’s fame brings scrutiny & scandal and one personal tragedy could derail everything.

  16. Hitler Part 10: Rise to Power, Hitler’s Women & Joseph Goebbels

    Adolf Hitler, at large once again, finds himself barred from public life.

  17. Hitler Part 9: Rise to Power, Hitler in Prison & Mein Kampf

    Hitler, now a national celebrity, is jailed and decides to write a book, “Mein Kampf”...

  18. Hitler Part 8: Rise to Power, Adolf Hitler's Day in Court

    After an attempted revolution, Adolf Hitler finds himself on the run from the law...

  19. Hitler Part 7: The Early Years, The Day of Treason

    The Nazis launch an assault on power: the Munich Putsch. Will they take over Germany?

  20. Hitler Part 6: The Early Years, Hitler’s Secret Book

    Hitler pens a secret autobiography in which he compares his rise to Jesus’ resurrection.

  21. Hitler Part 5: The Early Years, The Stormtroopers Arrive

    Hitler decides the Nazi party needs an army... He creates the Sturmabteilung, or SA.

  22. Hitler Part 4: The Early Years, The Spy Becomes the Nazi Leader

    Under a new mentor Hitler finds his voice. His march towards power is grinding into gear.

  23. Hitler Part 3: The Early Years, The ‘Stab in the Back’

    As the Great War ends, Hitler drinks in far-right conspiracy theories...

  24. Hitler Part 2: The Early Years, Hitler in the First World War

    June 1914. An assassination on the street disrupts the entire balance of power in Europe.

  25. Hitler Part 1: The Early Years, Birth of a Führer

    We begin a deep dive into the early years of a man who became the embodiment of evil...